Filing equipment



, 1. T. QUIGLEY.

FILING EQUIPMENT'. APPLkcATIoN msn ocT 29. :919

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SHEEISASHLSI 1.T.QUIGLEY, FILING EQUIPMENT.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 29, ISIN).

Patented Oct. 31, 1922.

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JOHN T. QU'GLEY, 0F BOSTO, MASSCHUSETTSf-ASSIGNOR TO COSTMETER COMPANY GF BOSTON', MASSACHUSETTS. A CORPORAJPION 0F MASSACHUSETTS.

FLING EQUIPMENT.

Application llcd Gctabcr 29, 1919. Serial No. 334,150.

To all whom t may conlcern:

Be it known that l, donn T. QUIGLEY, a .citizen of the United States, and a resident of Boston, county of- Sutiollr, and State of lviassachusetts, have invented an Improve. ment in Filing Equipments, of `which the following description, in 'connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like characters on the drawings representing like parts.

This invention relates to filing equipments and ismore l' especially concerned witha ile of the class Vin Which the sheets are arranged in overlapping relationship, so that identifying matter placed on the overlapping margins of all sheets of one group is presentedl to vievv at onetime.

The invention anne to 1in-prove the sheet supports by which the sheets are supported in the usual panel or frame. N

My invention will be best understood by reference tol the following. description,

when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings of one illustrative elnbodiinent thereof, While its scope will be more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

ln the drawings:

Fig. l isa front View of a filing equipment exemplifying my invention;

Fig. 2 is a sectional View on line 2-2 of Fig. l; J y

3 is an elevation of one of the sheets and its sheet-holder, the sheet being shown as it appears When-unfolded;

Fig. 4 1s a perspective view of one of the'A sheetsv and its sheet-holder, illustrating the f manner in which the sheet is dismounted from and reassembled with the sheetholder;

F ig. 5 is a cross-sectional vievv'on an enlarged scale cfa sheet and sheet-holder.

Referring to the drawings, and to the embodiment of my invention which is illustrated therein, I have selected for exemplilcation a file comprising a series of overlapping sheets 5herein folded, each sheet thus presenting two leaves, as best shown in Fig. 5. The sheets are supported with their overlapping margins properly spaced,- that isv to say, with the proper Width of exposure for identifying matten-by a series: of sheet supports. each herein,comprising` two parts 6 and .7, one laterally rigid and longitudinally resilient, and the other laterally resilient end longitudinally rigid. In 'the present example, the part 6is in -the form of a bar of sheet metal, suitably stitie-ned or rendered laterally rigid by' being given a channel-shaped cross-sectionf-that' is to say by providing the same ivith a air of flanges 8, best shown in Fig. 5.

silient by the provision of resilient terminal vportions 9, herein formed by bending the' he lbar 6 is herein rendered longitudinally renal portions 9, and hence do not interfere lwith the flexing of the latter.' lt should moreover be noted that the ends of the resilient termina-l portions une free to yieldl in a direction lengthwise of the bar.

The sheets are herein suitably Securedto their respective sheet-holders .by introducing the laterally flexible longitudinally rigid parts 7 into the folds of the sheets,-

and preferably thelatter are )rovided with perforations 10', through Whic such Ipart is threaded, as clearly shown in Figs. 3 and 4.

Preferably the part 7 is in the form of a resilient, tempered steel wire, and its length may be reduced by bending or flexing the same laterally in the manner'illustrated in Fig. il, thereby to dismount the same from and reassemhle it ,With the bar 8, the termii i known'construction, provided with usual v channels in which the terminal portions 9 of the bars are received. These channels are formed in a well-known manner by providing a sheet metal panel 13, Whose marginal portions are bent to forni inwardly Jfacing Vflanges overlying the terminal portions 9 ol the burs 6. At the lefthanl side of Fig. l. aportion of one of the llangehguides l2 is broken away, and

shown -in section the better to illustrate the manner in' which the terminal portions 9 are received in and guided by said guides.`

Preferably, the channels are comparatively shallow, and ,the arrangement is such that the bars may be readily removed by simply exerting a sufiicient pressure in a lengthwise dlrection to reduce the length of the selected bar by flexing one of its terminal portions; or, if desired, the bar may be removed by simply exerting sufficient pressure laterally or in an outward direction to cause the rounded resilient terminal portion to bend and ride out of the guide, in the manner illustrated in full lines in Fig. 2. When theportions are in place in the panel, the entire group is heldagainst longitudinal displacement in the guides 12 by the use of additional stops, herein exemplified by upper and lower abutments 14.

It should now be evident that the sheets may be interchanged on their sheet-holders,

and the latter may be interchanged, at will,

` and, in making rearrangements of the subject' matter, the sheet-holders may be adjusted lengthwise of the guides 12,' with the greatest `facility.

Having thus described one embodiment of my invention, but without limiting m'yself thereto, what I claim and desire by Letters Patent to secure 1s: y n

1. A file comprising, in combination, a

i pairsof opposed channels,a series of bars having resilient terminal portions yieldingly received in said channels and havlng relatively rigid intermediate portions, a series pair of opposed suppprts; a series of sheetholders, each comprising two parts, one laterally rigid and longitudinallyl resilient, and the other laterally resilient and longitudinally rigid, said longitudinally resilient part being normally retained by said supports by reason of its longitudinal resiliency and being removable therefrom by longitudinally iexing the Same to lreduce its length, and said laterally resilient part be ing normally retained by said other part by reason of its lateral resiliency and being removable therefrom by laterally flexing the same to reduce its length; and a Series of sheets 'held by said sheet-holders, respectively.

In testimony whereof, l have signed my name to this specification. r

JOHN T. QUIGLEY. 

